Phyllis nobla explained

Phyllis nobla is a small, glabrous or pubescent subshrub in the family Rubiaceae.

Description

Leaves are entire, lanceolate to ovate, acute. Flowers are whitish, small in lax terminal and axillary panicles. Fruiting pedicels are pendulous.[1]

Distribution

Madeira

Cliffs, rocky banks and levada walls from sea level to 1800 m; widespread in Madeira but rarer in Porto Santo where it occurs on the northern coast near Fonte d'Areia and on Pico do Facho and Ilheu de Baiyo; also on Deserta Grande Island and the eastern side of Bugio.[2]

Canary Islands

Tenerife: Laurel forest cliffs and banks, Sierra Anaga, Las Mercedes to Vueltas de de Taganana, Aguamansa etc. locally very common, 600–1200 m; La Palma: Cumbre Nueva, El Paso, Barlovento etc.; La Gomera: Monte del Cedro, Arure, Chorros de Epina; El Hierro: Forest regions of El Golfo and Valverde (Ventejís); Gran Canaria: Pinar de Tamadaba, pine forest cliffs, 1000 m, Presa de los Pérez, rare.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Bramwell, D.; Bramwell, Z. (2001). Wild flowers of the Canary Islands. Madrid, Spain: Editorial Rueda. .
  2. Press, J. R. and M. J. Short. Flora of Madeira. Natural History Museum, UK. 1994. .
  3. Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands by David Bramwell MSc., PhD., Zoë I. Bramwell BSc, Stanley Thornes (Publishers) Ltd, London and Burford, 1974,